the branch of medical science that studies and applies anesthetics
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Anaesthesiology.
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Spinal anesthesia
anesthesia of the lower half of the body; caused by injury to the spinal cord or by injecting an anesthetic beneath the arachnoid membrane that surrounds the spinal cord
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the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Anaesthesiology.the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Anaesthesiology.the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Anaesthesiology.the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Anaesthesiology.the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Anaesthesiology.the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Anaesthesiology.a state of total unconsciousness resulting from anesthetic drugs (as for a major surgical operation)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Anaesthesiology.a state of total unconsciousness resulting from anesthetic drugs (as for a major surgical operation)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Anaesthesiology.the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Anaesthesiology.loss of sensation in a small area of the body (as when a local anesthetic is injected for a tooth extraction)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Anaesthesiology.loss of sensation in a small area of the body (as when a local anesthetic is injected for a tooth extraction)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Anaesthesiology.hereditary condition in which certain anesthetics (e.g., halothane) cause high body temperatures and muscle rigidity
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Anaesthesiology.the act of observing something (and sometimes keeping a record of it); "the monitoring of enemy communications plays an important role…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Anaesthesiology.the process of providing or combining or treating with oxygen; "the oxygenation of the blood"
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Anaesthesiology.a hospital room for the care of patients immediately after surgery
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Anaesthesiology.loss of sensation in a region of the body produced by application of an anesthetic agent to all the nerves supplying that region (as w…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Anaesthesiology.loss of sensation in a region of the body produced by application of an anesthetic agent to all the nerves supplying that region (as w…
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a neuron conducting impulses inwards to the brain or spinal cord
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: anesthesia, lower, half, body, caused.Pertaining to the arachnoid membrane; arachnoid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: anesthesia, lower, half, body, caused.Lower in rank, dignity, or excellence than; as, brutes are beneath man; man is beneath angels in the scale of beings. Hence: Unworthy…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: anesthesia, lower, half, body, caused.The whitish mass of soft matter (the center of the nervous system, and the seat of consciousness and volition) which is inclosed in th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: anesthesia, lower, half, body, caused.regional anesthesia resulting from injection of an anesthetic into the caudal end of the spinal canal; now largely replaced by epidura…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: anesthesia, lower, half, body, caused.regional anesthesia resulting from injection of an anesthetic into the caudal end of the spinal canal; now largely replaced by epidura…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: anesthesia, lower, half, body, caused.regional anesthesia resulting from injection of an anesthetic into the caudal end of the spinal canal; now largely replaced by epidura…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: anesthesia, lower, half, body, caused.the portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: anesthesia, lower, half, body, caused.the portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: anesthesia, lower, half, body, caused.The tough, fibrous membrane, which lines the cavity of the skull and spinal column, and surrounds the brain and spinal cord; -- freque…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: anesthesia, lower, half, body, caused.a symptom caused by an illness or a drug; "the effects of sleep loss"; "the effect of the anesthetic"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: anesthesia, lower, half, body, caused.regional anesthesia resulting from injection of an anesthetic into the epidural space of the spinal cord; sensation is lost in the abd…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: anesthesia, lower, half, body, caused.regional anesthesia resulting from injection of an anesthetic into the epidural space of the spinal cord; sensation is lost in the abd…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: anesthesia, lower, half, body, caused.regional anesthesia resulting from injection of an anesthetic into the epidural space of the spinal cord; sensation is lost in the abd…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: anesthesia, lower, half, body, caused.Conveying impressions from the surface of the body to the spinal cord; -- said of certain nerves. Opposed to exodic.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: anesthesia, lower, half, body, caused.A cord, baud, or bundle of fibers; esp., one of the small bundles of fibers, of which large nerves are made up; applied also to differ…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: anesthesia, lower, half, body, caused.In an equal part or degree; in some pa/ appro/mating a half; partially; imperfectly; as, half-colored, half done, half-hearted, half p…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: anesthesia, lower, half, body, caused.general anesthesia achieved by administration of an inhalation anesthetic
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: anesthesia, lower, half, body, caused.
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